Photo upload feature on car sharing website A PHOTO upload facility is being added to the online car-share service operated by Peterborough City Council’s Travelchoice team to help people select potential travel partners. The Peterborough car-share scheme – part of the national Liftshare initiative – has already helped hundreds of people save on their travel [...]

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AN event in Peterborough on January 22 will create new business opportunities for local companies that are developing technologies to improve energy efficiency. City-based environmental organisation the UK Centre for Environmental and Economic Development (UKCEED) is running a one day workshop at Peterborough’s Eco Innovation Centre. It will help local companies to exploit new opportunities [...]

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THE Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Business Directory is an amazing piece of work. As well as details of thousands of companies in the region, the directory contains valuable articles giving advice on training, events, presentations, relocation, recruitment and new media. The online version of the directory can be accessed via PeterboroughBusiness.co.uk by clicking here.

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Office life is stressful enough without the annoyances of your colleagues’ quirky habits OFFICE workers spend a whopping 1332 hours a year sat at their desks and the strain with their desk neighbours is beginning to show. Research from Office Angels, the UK’s leading secretarial and recruitment consultancy, reveals that four out of ten UK [...]

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CONDERS Subaru has loaned Peterborough United a brand new Legacy diesel for use by club officials. And the arrival of the all-wheel-drive estate couldn’t have been better timed, what with the recent wintery weather in the region. “It is our way of showing our support to our local club,” said Conders aftersales manager, Alastair Hayden. [...]

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TENTATIVE UK RECOVERY TO SLOWLY GATHER PACE OVER NEXT TWO YEARS – CBI THE UK economy is expected to exit the recession in the fourth quarter of 2009, but thereafter growth will remain subdued and GDP is unlikely to have reached pre-recession levels by the end of 2011, according to the CBI. Its latest economic [...]

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EVERY week the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) conducts a poll on its website asking members a topical question, attracting an average of 1000 responses. These are the top five poll results of 2009: September 21, 2009: the ECJ has ruled workers taken ill on holiday can claim back sick leave. Will you: [...]

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